LOST [Spoilers]

**Teelo** · 05-12-2010, 08:48 AM

Anyone have a year estimate of the start?

**Mang** · 05-12-2010, 12:02 PM

Originally Posted by Teelo

Anyone have a year estimate of the start?

*taken from lostpedia*

they're speaking latin and latin wasn't spoken socially that much beyond 900 AD, so it's presumeably around then or before then

*I have no idea if that is true or not but lostpedia is usually trustworthy*

**Teelo** · 05-12-2010, 10:44 PM

Originally Posted by Mang

*taken from lostpedia*

they're speaking latin and latin wasn't spoken socially that much beyond 900 AD, so it's presumeably around then or before then

*I have no idea if that is true or not but lostpedia is usually trustworthy*

They were also speaking english, I have no idea when english first came along though.

**KT.** · 05-12-2010, 10:52 PM

Originally Posted by Teelo

They were also speaking english, I have no idea when english first came along though.

The reason the characters suddenly started speaking English is because an episode entirely in Latin would be both difficult to write and to watch. The audience is supposed to assume the characters are still speaking in Latin.

**Teelo** · 05-12-2010, 11:16 PM

Originally Posted by KT.

The reason the characters suddenly started speaking English is because an episode entirely in Latin would be both difficult to write and to watch. The audience is supposed to assume the characters are still speaking in Latin.

Hrmm. If you say so.
However, how does Jacobs Brother get his hair cut so short in 53AD...